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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
its career; that is, when first brought to view,

a youthful power. John’s words are, “And I

beheld another beast coming up out of the

earth, and he had two horns like a lamb.” Why

does not John simply say, “He had two horns”?

Why does he add, “like a lamb”? It must be for

the purpose of denoting the character of this

beast, showing that it is not only of a very

innocent and harmless demeanor, ostensibly,

but also that it is a very youthful power; for

the horns of a lamb are horns that have but

just begun to grow.

Bear in mind that by the preceding argument

on chronology, our gaze is fixed to the year

1798; and the power symbolized was then a

youthful power, according to the present

argument. Question: What notable power was

at that time coming into prominence, but still